Sheet-receiving member for register devices



c. P. KLORER. SHEET RECEIVING MEMBER FOR REGISTER DEVICES APPLICATION. FI.LED OCT. 28, 1919.

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CHARLES, P. KLORER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MILLER SAW- if, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SHEET-REOEIVING FOR REGISTER DEVICES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1919. Serial No. 333,959.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns P. Knonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet Receiving Members for Register Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to sheet-receiving members for use in connection with sheet registering devices for printing presses or the like. It is an object of my invention to provide a sheet-receiving member in which the various parts may be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled and adjusted with relation to each other. It is another object of my invention to produce a sheet receiving member such. that its parts may chiefly be made by stamping sheet metal. and which will be cheap of manufacture and efficient and durable in use.

By way of example, I have described one form of register fork embodying my invention in the following specification, and shown it in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of the register fork;

Fig. 2 is an edge view; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Fig. 2.

Referringnow to the drawing, 4c designates a shank stamped out from a metallic strip and adapted to fit into a suitable socket of a sheet registering device. The shank 4 is reduced in width at its end to form a tine 5 with shoulders 6 at its base, the tine being adapted to lie flat upon the surface in connection with which the fork is being used and being ground away on top. to pro vide a sharp rounded front edge. Some dis" tance to the rear of the shoulder 6, the shank 4: is formed with two pairs of integral upwardly-bent ears 7, having forwardly projecting lugs 8. Resting upon the shank 4L is a fork member 9 having a tongue 10 adapted to lie between the ears 7, whereby the latter form a guide therefor, and having a pair of downwardly bent stops 11 adapted to rest against the shoulders 6 of the shank. The fork member 9 is formed with a pair of upset curved tines 12 embracing the tine 5 between them and slightly spaced laterally therefrom.

The tongue 10 of the fork-member has a pair of projections 13 stamped up therefrom and has its end slit and bent to form a second pair of upward projections 1 1. Lying between the two pairs of projections, and guided lengthwise thereby, is a spring strip 15 having its end 16 bent so as to press resiliently upon the tine 5. Restingupon the spring strip 15 is a clamping plate 17 having two pairs of outwardly extending ears 18 adapted to engage beneath the lugs 8 of the ears 7 of the shank. The clamping plate 17 has threaded therein a set screw 19 which presses downwardly upon the spring strip 15 and thereby forces the clamping plate against the lugs 8 thereby securing all of the parts together.

In the use of the device, a sheet ofpaper is made to engage with its edge therein, the sheet being beneath the tines 12 and above the tine 5. The end 16 of the spring strip 15 presses down on the sheet to hold it in place during the registering operation, and also prevent any rebounding of the sheet when the latter is placed rapidly therein, as, for instance, by an automatic feeding device. It will be noted that the spring strip 15 may be readily removed and replaced, by simply loosening the screw 19, being maintained in its correct longitudinal position by the guide portions 18 and 14 of the fork member 9. In the same manner, the fork mem? ber 9 may be easily and quickly removed and replaced, or adjusted lengthwise of the shank 4. The register fork can be manufactured exceedingly cheaply, being made entirely of stampings, and is very strong and durable in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A register device comprising a member having a portion for engaging a sheet from below, a leaf spring coiiperating with said portion for engaging the sheet from above, means for guiding said spring longitudinally, and means for releasably securing said spring in position.

2. A register fork comprising a tine for Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

engaging a sheet from below, a second tine for engaging the sheet from above, a leaf spring cooperating with said first-named tine, means for guiding said spring longitudinally, and means for releasably securing said spring in position.

3. A register fork comprising a tine for engaging a sheet from below, a leaf spring cooperating with said tine, a fork-member including a tine for engaging the sheet from above, said fork-member being provided with means for guiding said leaf spring longitudinally, and means for releasably securing said leaf spring in position.

4:. A register fork comprising a tine for engaging a sheet from below, a leaf spring cooperating with said tine, a fork-member including a tine for engaging the sheet from above, said fork-member being provided with means for guiding said leaf spring longitudinally, and means for releasably securing said tine spring and forkmember together.

5. A register fork comprising a tine for engaging a sheet from below, a leaf spring cooperating with said tine, a fork-member including a tine for engaging the sheet from above, said fork-member being provided with means for guiding said leaf spring longitudinally, and clamping means, coiiperating with said first-named tine for releasably securing said fork-member and spring thereagainst.

6. A register fork comprising a base member having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side, a fork-member having a tine for engaging the sheet from the other side, a clamping member, and means for releasably securing said clamping member to said base member to clamp said parts together.

7. A register fork comprising a base member having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side and having an abutment portion, a fork-member having a tine for engaging the sheet from the other side, and a clamping member cooperating with said abutment for releasably securing said parts together.

8. A register fork comprising a base member having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side and having an abutment portion, a fork-member having a tine portion for engaging the sheet from the other side, a leaf spring cooperating with one of said tine portions, and a clamping member cooperating with said abutment for releasably securing said parts together.

9. A register fork comprising a base member having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side and having an abutment portion, a fork-member having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from the other side, a leaf spring cooperating with one of said tine portions,-said fork-member being formed with means for guiding said leaf spring longitudinally, and a clamping member cooperating with said abutment for releasably securing said parts together.

10. A register fork comprising a base member having hook-shaped portions extending therefrom and having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side, a forkmember having a tine for engaging the sheet from the other side, and a clamping member cooperating with said hook-shaped portions for releasably securing said parts together.

11. A register fork comprising a base member having hook-shaped portions extending upward therefrom and having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side, a fork member having a tine for engaging the sheet from the other side, and a member for clamping said fork-member against said base member, said clamping member cooperating with said hook-shaped portions.

12. A register fork comprising a base member having hook-shaped portions extending upward therefrom and having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side, a fork member having a tine portion for engaging the sheet from the other side, a leaf spring cooperating with one of said tine portions, and a member for clamping said fork-member and spring against said base member, said clamping member coopcrating with said hook-shaped portions.

13. A register fork comprising a base member having hook-shaped portions extending upward therefrom and having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side, a fork-member having a tine portion for engaging the sheet from the other side, a leaf spring cooperating with one of said tine portions, said fork member having means for guiding said spring longitudinally, and a member for clamping said forkmember and spring against said base-member, said clamping member cooperating with said hook-shaped portions.

14:. A register fork comprising a basemember having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side, a fork-member having a tine portion for engaging the sheet from the other side, and means, operating with out removal, for clamping said fork-member against said base-member.

15. A register fork comprising a basemember having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side and having a clamping member extending upwardly therefrom, a fork-member engaging said clamping member and guided longitudinally thereby and having a tine portion for engaging the sheet from the other side, and means, cooperating with said clamping member for clamping said fork-member against said base-member.

16. A register fork comprising a basemember having a tine portion for engaging a sheet from one side and having a lug extending from each edge thereof, a forkmember disposed between said lugs and guided longitudinally thereby and having tine portion for engaging the sheet from the other side, and means, cooperating with said lugs, for clamping said fork-member against said base-member.

In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my signature.

CHARLES P. KLORER. Witnesses:

THEO. R. FOSTER, MARIE L. REIGK. 

